Day Trip to Fayoum and Valley of the Whales

If you have time during your vacation in Cairo you must go and discover El Fayoum Oasis and Best sightseeing there in Day Trip to Fayoum and Valley of the Whales with Flying Carpet Tours, visit Qarron Lake, El Fayoum Museum, and Wadi El Rayan. Enjoy hot springs water and take unforgettable photos.

After the noise and crowds of Cairo, the Fayoum oasis, which includes Lake Qaroun, is literally a breath of fresh air. The oasis offers both Egyptian and foreign visitors a relaxing break from city life; a day at the beach and a chance to see oasis life without having to venture too far. It has ancient monuments as well for those who are passionate about sightseeing. Fayoum is a wonderful area of Egypt with a rich and interesting history. It is an area where Egyptians often vacation and which is constantly growing more popular among Europeans. Fayoum City, the main town in the oasis, is located 85 km south of Cairo. Although usually described as an oasis, Fayoum is not fed by underground water, like the Western Sahara Desert oases further to the south and west, but by water from the Nile transported to this natural triangular depression by a series of canals. Having irrigated the oasis, the water runs into Lake Qaroun which despite having dramatically shrunk over the past few thousand years, still covers roughly 215 sq km, and it is still Egypt’s largest natural salt-water lake.

Explore Madinet Madi Archaeological site is located in a small hill of a strategic position guarding the southwestern entrance to the Fayoum about 35 km far from Medinet El-Fayoum. The town was called Dj3 in Hieroglyphs, while during the Greek period it was identified as Narmouthis (Bresciani, 1980). The name Madi, which means “City of the Past”, seems to have originated from the Arab existence. A document, dates back to the ninth century AD., has been found in the site mentioning Madi as the name of the site.

Wadi Al-Hitan, is a paleontological site in the Fayoum Governorate of Egypt, some 150 km southwest of Cairo. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2005 for its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of whale, the archaeoceti (a now extinct sub-order of whales). The site reveals evidence for the explanation of one of the greatest mysteries of the evolution of whales: the emergence of the whale as an ocean-going mammal from a previous life as a land-based animal. No other place in the world yields the number, concentration and quality of such fossils, as is their accessibility and setting in an attractive and protected landscape. This is why it was added by the UNESCO to the list of protected World Heritage sites.

The fossils found at the site may not be the oldest but their great concentration in the area and the degree of their preservation is to the extent that even some stomach contents are intact. The presence of fossils of other early animals such as sharks, crocodiles, sawfish, turtles and rays found at Wadi El-Hitan makes it possible to reconstruct the surrounding environmental and ecological conditions of the time, adding to its justification to be cited as a Heritage site.

Try Day Trip to Fayoum and Valley of the Whales

Flying Carpet Tours Guide will escort you to a wonderful Day Trip to Fayoum and Valley of the Whales by air-conditioned van, You'll visit the heart of the city to visit Wadi Al Rayan, then scout Wadi Hitan known as Valley of the Whales "Protected Area", next tour to the Mountain of Mudawara, Proceed to scout the Water Falls of Wadi Al Rayan, then visit the Ancient City Uncovered " Medinet Madi", It belongs to the third pharaonic dynasty, and was built by Amenemhet III, but Amenemhet IV who was completed, Relax by having lunch at local restaurant, finally Flying Carpet Tours Guide will transfer you back to your hotel in Cairo.

Included

• Pick up and drop off to your hotel in Cairo

• All transfers by air-conditioned Jeep 4x4

• Bottle of Mineral Water and soft drinks during the Excursion

• 01 Lunch at local restaurant

• English speaking guide included

• All service charges and taxes

• Air-conditioned Jeep 4x4 Cairo / Fayoum / Cairo

• Tours to Wadi Al Rayan, Wadi Hitan, Mountain of Mudawara, Water Falls, and Medinet Madi, as mentioned above

• Entrance fees to the above mentioned sites

Excluded

• Optional tours